A Comprehensive Framework for Determining the Cost of an Emergency Medical Services System E. Brooke Lerner, PhD, Graham Nichol, MD, MPH, Daniel W. Spaite, MD, Herbert G. Garrison, MD, MPH, Ronald F. Maio, DO, MS Annals of Emergency Medicine Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages 304-313 (March 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.019 Copyright © 2007 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Components of the EMS cost framework. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2007 49, 304-313DOI: (10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.019) Copyright © 2007 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 EMS system cost framework. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2007 49, 304-313DOI: (10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.019) Copyright © 2007 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 From a societal perspective, the cost of EMS will be shared among sectors, including the EMS sector itself. Further, in some cases the benefit of some costs may be reaped by a sector different from the one that paid for it. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2007 49, 304-313DOI: (10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.019) Copyright © 2007 American College of Emergency Physicians Terms and Conditions